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GPU ASUS and Galax Hike RTX 50 Prices Again: RTX 5090 Now Tops $5,100
ASUS and Galax quietly raised RTX 5070, 5070 Ti, and 5080 prices by up to $74 on September 1, the third or fourth hike this year, as GDDR7 costs keep climbing. Meanwhile the RTX 5090 has blown past $5,100 in some markets.
GPU AMD Drops FSR 4.1 on RX 7000 Early, 7900 XTX Jumps From 43 to 64 FPS at 4K
AMD has released official FSR 4.1 support for Radeon RX 7000 desktop GPUs ahead of schedule, bringing the INT8 version of its latest upscaler to more than 300 games. In AMD's own example, a Radeon RX 7900 XTX in Crimson Desert jumps from roughly 43 FPS native 4K to 64 FPS with FSR 4.1 enabled.
GPU Radeon RX 9070 XT Finally Hits Steam Survey, Nearly Catches RTX 5080
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT has finally appeared in the Steam Hardware Survey with 1.35% user share, landing just behind NVIDIA's RTX 5080 at 1.52%. RDNA 4 is now fully visible in Steam's GPU table, but NVIDIA still owns the top of the chart.
GPU NVIDIA Retires the Control Panel After 20 Years, Moves GeForce Settings Into NVIDIA App
NVIDIA's 610.47 Game Ready driver marks the end of the classic Control Panel for GeForce users after two decades. The new NVIDIA App now owns driver updates, 3D settings, display controls, overlays, DLSS overrides, and the whole modern GeForce software stack.
GPU AMD Takes RX 9070 GRE Global at $549, and the 1440p Gap Finally Has a Fighter
AMD is bringing the formerly China-only Radeon RX 9070 GRE worldwide for $549, using a cut-down Navi 48 die with 48 RDNA 4 compute units and 12GB of GDDR6. It is not the fastest RX 9000 card, but it may be the most strategically placed one in a market where RTX 5070 and RX 9070 pricing has drifted upward.
GPU NVIDIA RTX 5060 Review Debacle: 8GB, $299, and the Benchmarks They Tried to Bury
NVIDIA launched the RTX 5060 at $299 without seeding review units or pre-release drivers to major outlets, and after GamersNexus bought one at Computex anyway, it's clear why: it barely outpaces the RTX 4060 and trades blows with a GPU from 2020.
GPU NVIDIA RTX 5050 Is Getting a GDDR7 Upgrade for Computex: 9GB, Tighter Bus, Same Die
NVIDIA is silently refreshing the RTX 5050 with 9GB of GDDR7 ahead of a Computex 2026 launch, same GB206 die, same 130W TDP, but a narrower 96-bit bus. The reason has nothing to do with performance: GDDR6 supply is drying up.
GPU NVIDIA Slashes GPU Supply by 20%, No New GeForce Until 2027
NVIDIA has cut GPU shipments to board partners by 15-20% amid a crushing GDDR7 shortage, and leakers say no new GeForce cards are coming until 2027. The RTX 3060 is being resurrected to fill the gap.
GPU RTX 60 Series Specs Leak: 192 SMs, 20GB RTX 6080, 2x Path Tracing
A fresh leak details NVIDIA's RTX 60 series built on the Rubin architecture: a 192-SM RTX 6090 with 32GB GDDR7, a 20GB RTX 6080 on a 320-bit bus, and claims of 2x path tracing performance over Ada Lovelace and Blackwell. The catch? Launch slipped to H2 2027.